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044: History of Labor Day, Date or When It Is, Labor Union Involvement - The Prepper Podcast


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It is all about the upcoming holiday, Labor Day!
Show Notes: theprepperpodcast.com/044
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Discussions:
Answer the following:


What is Labor Day?


What is the history of Labor Day?


When is Labor Day? or What is Labor Day’s date?


What is the labor union’s involvement in the history of labor day?


What is Labor Day?


Holiday said to celebrate the common working man or woman and how they have built the United States.


People take the day off for this, ironically enough.


What is the history of Labor Day?


First Labor Day Observance law passed Feb 21, 1887 in Oregon.


30 states have followed suit by 1894.


June 28th congress passed an act that the first Monday in September will be the holiday.


What is the labor union’s involvement in the history of labor day?


Labor Day is lined with the blood of many workers that died at the hands of tyranny.


Pullman Strike:


“Civil Conflict” between American Railway Union and Railroad workers against Pullman Company, General Managers’ Association, The U.S. Army,


During the panic of 1893, Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages


George Pullman refused to lower rent for workers at same time


Many of the workers joined the American Railway Union


Response from General Manager’s Association was to hire black people (explain racism of the time) adding racial tension


In 1984 , after a peaceful rally for the strike, workers set fire to buildings and derailed a loco, and lots of sympathy strikers began striking across the western states


The federal government, under Grover Cleveland, had to get involved and an injunction was obtained barring union leaders from supporting the strike.


The American Railway Union ignored, so troops were called to enforce the injunction.


When a general Union Strike was called by Eugene Debs, president of the American Railway Union, but the other Unions opposed it.


Thousands of U.S. Marshals and 12000 U.S. Army troops were sent to stop the strike, because they wanted the mail running again.


When you send troops and wage war on angry people, they get more angry and try to fight back!


30 Workers were killed and 57 wounded at the hands of the us military and us marshals




What did the media, have to say?:


Of course they sided with government and ran smear campaigns against the boycotters




At the end of the strike:


Debs was arrested, and got six months in prison


When this happened Grover Cleveland had to stop the potential riots, so congress quickly and unanimously signed within six days of the end of the strike.


They didn’t want more strikes popping up.




After the fact, A national commission was appointed to investigate the strike,
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achieving adventureBy Ken (Survival Guy) Jensen